Roxie had always respected Joe enough - and been self-aware enough of her own failings as a person - to have ever stayed away from hitting on Joe in too obvious a manner. It wouldn't have been fair to him, and the last thing she wanted was to ruin a good friendship.
But there was this question...
A new fire burned in Roxie's eyes for just a moment. That was certainly very unlike the questions he had asked her thus far. That question almost seemed to show...interest?
She tilted her head the other way, any number of coy remarks coming to mind, but she pushed them all away. That, too, wouldn't be fair to him, and if anything, Roxie wanted to be fair and honest to Joe. He deserved it.
"A couple of years," she admitted. "Long enough for him to have met my mother, long enough for us to have moved in together, and long enough for the break-up to have hurt like hell." She paused. "Though I kept him a secret from my mother for a very long while. You know his mother is the reason I exist, right? Well, a version of his mother, anyway. My mom wouldn't - didn't - take too kindly to the fact that my boyfriend was the son of...well, you know." She waved her hand. "Dr. Doom and Amora the Enchantress."
She had mentioned who Vincent's mother was, right?
Her lips twitched, then, and she raised her chin - and an eyebrow - just a little. "Inquiring minds want to know what brought this question on, though."
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But there was this question...
A new fire burned in Roxie's eyes for just a moment. That was certainly very unlike the questions he had asked her thus far. That question almost seemed to show...interest?
She tilted her head the other way, any number of coy remarks coming to mind, but she pushed them all away. That, too, wouldn't be fair to him, and if anything, Roxie wanted to be fair and honest to Joe. He deserved it.
"A couple of years," she admitted. "Long enough for him to have met my mother, long enough for us to have moved in together, and long enough for the break-up to have hurt like hell." She paused. "Though I kept him a secret from my mother for a very long while. You know his mother is the reason I exist, right? Well, a version of his mother, anyway. My mom wouldn't - didn't - take too kindly to the fact that my boyfriend was the son of...well, you know." She waved her hand. "Dr. Doom and Amora the Enchantress."
She had mentioned who Vincent's mother was, right?
Her lips twitched, then, and she raised her chin - and an eyebrow - just a little. "Inquiring minds want to know what brought this question on, though."